Car-truck.



W. H. NUNAMAGHER.

GAR TRUCK. I APPLIOATION FILED 1330.13, 1912.

Patented Got. '7, 1913.

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olcooooog D manrml WNETED may WILLIAM H. NUNAMACHER, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CAR-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

Application filed December 13, 1912. Serial No. 736,532.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. NUNA- MACHER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Newark, in the county of Essex 6 and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Car-Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

The ob'ects of this invention are to provlde a car truck having side frames and transverse connecting means which are separably connected, so that any one of said parts can bereadily removed and repaired or replaced independent of the others; to secure an improved connection of the bolster l5 and the spring plate to the side frames; to provide an im roved construction of side frame, which s fiall extend around and in close the journal boxes so as to positively .secure the same against displacement; to thus obtain safety and avoid wrecks caused trucks; to enable said journal boxesat the same time to be readily removed and replaced, for repair and the like, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be Referr ing to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several "views, to Figure,1 is a side elevation ofa car truck the'same; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through a portion of one of the side frames; Fig. 4: isan end view of one side 5 portion of the truck; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the jaws of a side frame with the journal box removed therefrom; Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the journal box as removed from said jaws, and Fig. 7 is a per- 40 spective'view of a certain filling block removed from thejaws.

tion illustrated in said drawings, the referenc numerals 1, 1 indicate axles carrying car" heels 2, all of any ordinary and wellknown construction. As is usual, the ends of these axle 1, 1 outside the wheels 2 project into journal boxes 3 arranged in the side frames 4, 4: of the truck. My invention relates in part to the support and retention of these journal boxes by the side frames to render the same more secure and the truck less liable to accident. In order to effect this, I provide" at each end of both of the side frames 4, 4c,' e.ncl forming part thereof, top

and hottom aws 5," ftfthatwp jaws of each by the journal boxes escaping from car' embodying my' invention; Fig, 2 is a plan of.

.the axle when. placed therein, a pair of ex- 5 terior collars 9, 10, arranged near the ends of the journal box at a distance apart. The journal box and the jaws 5, 6 of the side frame are proportioned one to the other so that the height of the journal box between the collars 9, lO will be equal to the distance between the parallel surfaces 7, 8 of the jaws; furthermore, the spacing apart of the collars 9, 10 on the journal box is equal to the width of the jaws 5, 6, so that the journal box may he slipped between. said jaws and the jaws lie between the collarsto prevent movement'of the journal box laterally of the frame. By this means, I relieve the truck bolt, hereinafter described, from any. strain 30 due to end *thrust upon the journal box,- thereby lessening the possibility and danger of breaking said bolt.

In order to retain the journal box between the jaws, when slid into its seat, said jaws have ends 12, 13 which project beyond the journal box and in the facing or inner surfaces of these projecting ends are out dovetail grooves 14,15 adapted to receive'the correspondingly dove-tailed ends of a filling block 16, see Figs. 5, 6 and 7 more especially. This filling block is slid into place after the journal box and spans the opening between the jaws, and by virtue of its dove-tail joints with said j aws, the fillingblock will prevent the jaws from spreading. The collars 9, 10

j 1 of the journal box are adapted to overlap In the specific embodiment of the inventhis filling block 16, and similarly they over lap the inner closed end 11 of the ournal box seat, so that the truck frame not only extends clear around and incloses the journal box, but the collars seat clear-around said journal box against the said frame.

A truck bolt 17 extends vertically through the filling block 16 and the projecting ends 12, 13 of the jaws 5, 6, and is adapted to hold the filling block from sliding out of its dove-tail grooves 14:, 15 as well as bind the said jaws together. By the structure as just described, the only material strain brought upon this truck bolt 17, when the truck is running, is a shear at the juncture of the by the slight movement of the journal box :when the't'ruck is in service.

To prevent the nut on thetruck'bolt '17 from working off, I provide a pair of depending lugs or ears-18, 18 upon the lower jaw 6 at either side of the bolt hole. These cars 'are provided with alined'apertures 19, '19 adapted to receive a cotter-pin 20 which will be held thereby directly beneath the end of the bolt 17, as clearly "shown in Figs. 3 and 4;.

As a further precautionary measure against inadvertent"dislod-gment of'the filling block 16, I insert transversely through the projecting ends 12, 13 of the jaws 5, 6' and the dove-tailed portions of the filling block thcrebetween, a pair of cotter-pins 21 :22, one at each end .of said blockywhich thereby securethe filling block in position.

At the inner closed end of the seat for the journal box the vertical portion 11 of the;

frame is mortised centrally of itself and parallel to the jaws 5,'(3, as at 23, for the in-j sertion of an appropriate tenon 24 secured: to or made integral witlrthe jonrnaljboxj see Figs. 3, 5 and 6. This tenon 2a is adaptQ ed to extend through said mortise with its free end or extremity projecting upon the opposite side of the frameportion 11 from. the journal box, when said journal box is slid into place between the jaws. A key 25 or other suitable retaining means may then be inserted through an aperture 26 in said projecting .end of the tenon to prevent the same from" withdrawing from its mortise inadvertently. I

I do not wish to be understood, however, as limiting myself necessarily to the use of all of the retaining mechanisms for the journal box above described, as it may be found desirable to use one to the exclusion of the others or omit part and retain the rest. The side frames 4, 4 are provided each at its center with ahorizontally transverse opening 27, the upper portion of which is made of less width than the lower part by means of inset sides 28, 28 which form par-' 'allel andiiertical guideways for the bolster 3,0 to slide 11p and down between, -as may be 60* j ""to' retain the bolster against displacement longitudinally of itself from the side frames necessary in the use of the truck. Tn order Q4, 4, li-ivet or otherwise secure thereon cleats SQwhichprojcrt beyond the sides-of the bol 'stcr and overlap -the side frames.

A ny

=side frame, as shown more especially in 1g. A 'sprmgplate '34, of any ordinary :or 'well know-n'form, extends betweenthe t o shifting sidewise.

suitably equivalent means known to the art canbe. used, however, .for. effecting the same purpose of connecting the ends of the bolusterto the side frames so as to slide up and down therein and yet not shift transversely of said frames. The projecting ends ofthe cleat or other means are short enough to pass through the lower wider part of the opening 27, when the bolster is brought thereinto for insertion or removal of the bolster with respect to the side frames, but it will beappreciatedthat while in service the "bolster is held in-the upper part bftthe opening 27 by bolster springs 31,115; isi usual, so that the-en ds of the cleats or other mcans engage the sideframes as above dest ibed. "Projecting upwardly from the bottom wall '82 of eachopening 27, area pluralityiof dowels 33', preferably cast integral with\ the side frames, beneath the-bolster 30, seati g upontthe bottom'avalls 32,32 of'the openin s 27, 2'7, and receiving the dowels 33 in .ap- 'propriate recesses in itself.

The spring,

plate 34 istherefore held firmly with respect to'theside frames, positively prevent ing the same from'spreading apart with respect to each other, and yet so allixed thereto that said side fraines may'lie-readily separated or "removed when so desired. It Wlll he noted that: the said spring plate is preferopening '27 and fits snugly within the same to prevent contortion or twisting. The bolster springs rest directly upon .the spring plate and tend tohold the sameafast against its seat and upon the dowels, and preferably the dowels pro-je'ct'th-rough the spring plate so as to provide studs or posts over which the springs can -'set :and be prevented from In order, however, to insure positive retention of thespring plate to the side frame, ifdesired, I provide parallel cars 35, projecting from the outer side of each of the side "frames at opposite sides of the lower large portion of the aperture 27, adjacent to the bottom wall thereof, so that said earsliefflatwise against i-ipwardly piojecti'ng fianges gti, '36 at the the side frame and spring plate is averted.

Upon-the inner-side of'each side frame and at its upper portion, upon either side of-the bolster-J30, I provide brake hangers or brackets projecting inwardly of :the' truck.

These brackets are preferably cast integral-with the sideframes, independent of the bolster, and are adapted to support the brakes 39, by links'tO, in fixed relation to ing marked 42, 42. It will also be noted' that these upper andlower arms 41, 42 are preferably disposed symmetrically above and below a line through the two journal boxescentrally of the bearings provided thereby.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim escape of the same;

1. In a car truck, a side frame having at its end horizontally disposed upper and lower jaws, a journal box seated between said jaws, a filler between said jaws having dove-tailed ends engaging the same to hold them against spreading, and means for re-V leasably securing said filler.

2. In a ear'truck, a side frame having at its end horizontally disposed upper and lower jaws, a journal'box seated between said jaws, jaws having dove tailed ends engaging the same to hold them against spread- 4. Ina car truck, a side frame having atits endhorizontally disposed upper and lower jaws, a journal box seated between said jaws, a filler between said jaws having dovetailed ends engaging the same to hold them' against spreading and a truck bolt extending between said jaws outside said journal box to prevent escape of the same, ears depending from the side frame .on opposite sides of the lower end of said truck bolt, anda cotter-pin extending through said ears beneath said bolt. I

5. In a cartruck, a side frame having at its end horizontally disposed upper and lower jaws, a journal-box seated between said jaws, a filler betweensaid jaws having dove-tailed ends engaging the same to hold them" againstspreading, and means for releasably securing said filler, and cotter-pins extending one through each dove tailed joint to prevent separation of the members thereof.

6. In a car truck, a side frame having at its end horizontally disposed u per. and lower jaws, a journal box seate' between said jaws having a tenon projecting into a corresponding mortise in the end of the side frame, and means for securing said tenon against withdrawal.

'Z. In a car truck, a side frame having at its end horizontally disposed upper and lower jaws, a journal box seateyl between said jaws, and means releasably securing said journal box to the inner end wall of its seat to prevent outward escape of the same from between said jaws.

WILLIAM H; NUNAMAonieR.

RUSSELL M. EVERETT, HOWARD P. KING, 

